If you had to choose: Red Lips or Red Nails?

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I’ve tried, but I just can’t manage red lips without looking like a little girl that got into her mother’s makeup bag (and I’m not young anymore!). So I guess it’s a matter of finding the “right” shade of red – but so far I haven’t found it.
Red nails I can do easily any day.

I prefer red lips. I don’t like red nail polish because based on experience it made my nails yellow and brittle. But then again I have naturally thin nails so I really can’t wear strong nail polish colors.

Do you use a good base coat? if you do it really helps with staining and nail strength. i use the seche vite ridge filler base coat. it makes my manicure last for over a week and i have never had a staining problem and i wear the rainbow on my fingers!

I think I’ve done really red nails once in the last year, but I’ve done a slash of red lipstick at least once a week for the last month. For some reason red nails strike me as very expected, while red lipstick is fresh and surprising.

Red lips for me. I’m blessed with an ability to pull off red lips quite well. However, I’m not nearly as blessed in the nail area. My nails are so weak and bendable, I’d break my nails even when I have five layers of nail polish. (Less stupid than when I broke it tying my shoes though, ouch) No amount of treatment or strengthener ever made my nails any better. I suspect I’d break a nail if I stare at it too hard or something. >>

Both! But if I was forced to choose, red lips ALWAYS! I feel like having red lips in my beauty arsenal as really changed my life. It took some bravery and patience at first, but I always feel so powerful and gorgeous in red lips.

Generally neither, but if forced to wear one, I’d probably go with nails. I’ve got a decent red Barielle flaky that I bought on clearance…I used it in a 4th of July manicure. (Most attempts at red lips end with me wiping it off before anyone sees.)

Bright red is one of my fave colors in the world and that’s why it hurts that I’m one of those skintones that has to find the right red for my large lips and then, strangely enough,that goes double for my nails.

But at least I’ve found colors like MAC Viva Glam I and MAC Charred Red, BUT even moreso Nars Mascate Pure Matte and Illamasqua Sangers. I always wear red lipstick with MAC Mahogany lip pencil, and then it’s perfect on me

But I’ve yet to find a beautiful red that I can wear on my nails . Whereas, red lips are a classic and easier to pull of than some may think, even though red nails were a staple many decades ago along with red lips, true red nails on me can kind of come off as cheap even if my nails are short. I find it very hard. I knew someone whose skintone was WAY the opposite of mine and she said the same thing and she avoided wearing red nails.

BUT now I think I should wear a very orangey-red on my nails, if I don’t feel like doing the black-red/’vamp’ burgundy thing on my nails. I think a very orangey-red would be better on my nails against my skin than a true red and thankfully Illamasqua has a couple that I’d like to try out.

I love me some red lips! I don’t have time to keep up with my nails anymore with 2 small kids at home. But, I can always put on lipstick at a moment’s notice! I just got a great deal on red lipstick from Red Apple, sooo happy!